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Samphal Wants Bajpayee to Bring Back Bollywood

SRINAGAR â" Secretary Tourism Rigzin Samphel today met with Bollywood star and director ManojBajpayee here and urged him to play his role in promoting tourism and removing the negative perception about Kashmir.

The Secretary was accompanied by Director Tourism Kashmir Tasaduq Jeelani.

During the interaction, Secretary discussed about various tourist destinations in Jammu and Kashmir including Kargil and Leh in Ladakh region with the film star, who is in the valley for shooting a family soap âFamily Manâ.

The Secretary urged Bajpayee to focus on the removal of trust deficit and negative perception created by some vested interests about Kashmir.

Samphel further said Kashmir used to be the most sought-after destination for the Bollywood industry and the government is taking serious initiatives to revive the glorious old connection.

He said by doing serious film ing here, the Bollywood would also contribute its bit in removing the negative perception.